Claiming total transparency in the administration, the Odisha government had made public the properties of its ministers including Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who is the richest among all the ministers. "As one more step towards transparency, the assets and liabilities of the council of ministers of Odisha have been hosted in the state government website," a senior official at the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said here today. The property list was released before elections to Municipality Polls on November 15, by-election to Umerkote assembly segment on November 30 and panchayat polls scheduled early next year. The ministers had submitted their property lists with the Chief Minister in the month of August, sources said. While the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had been the richest among the 21 ministers with movable and immovable property worth Rs 119,948,769, urban development minister Sarda Prasad Nayak properties was only worth Rs 12.18 lakh. Of the 21 Odisha ministers, 13 were found to have properties above Rs one crore. The Chief Minister's movable properties worth Rs 1,086,769 included a 1980 model ambassador car worth Rs 20,000. His immovable property totals Rs 118,862,000. Odisha Chief Minister has inherited farm land measuring 22.7 acre valued Rs 34,334,000 in Haryana from his mother Gyan Patnaik. Patnaik also inherited one-third of the share from property from his parents house at Aurengzeb Road in New Delhi worth Rs 51,428,000. more PTI AAM RG

As one more step towards transparency the assets and liabilities of the council of ministers of Odisha have been hosted in the state government website a senior official at the Chief Minister's Office CMO said here today